Cicatriz Esp

Song

Song: Cicatriz ESP

Artist: The Mars Volta

Album: Deloused in the Comatorium

Tuning: Standard

Tabbed By: Nathan Zwiener

Credit To: David Elliott (duv_elliott@hotmail.com) and daddycool12@arcor.de for

a few parts of this song.

Song starts with some random guitar noises, which are shown on the B and E strings.

for the timings of them. The baseline goes as follows, and the second half can go on the

shown or an octave lower (indicated by the two parenthasised notes).

e|------------------------------------|-----------------0------------------|
B|--------------------x--x-x--x--xxx--|-----------------4b-----------------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--|
A|--7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-(5)--------(3)---------------------|

0:29 - Bridge, "Still scalping..."

e|---------------------------------|-0--0--0--0---|
B|---------------------------------|-4--5--7--8\--|
G|---------------------------------|--------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------|
A|--------7-10----------10-8-7-----|--------------|
E|--0-5-8------------10--------7-8-|--------------|

0:46 - Verse, "Sutured contusions..."

|--------10----------|-19-|-------7--5--3-----------------|
|--12--------10--12--|----|--5-------------5--------------|

|--------------------|----|-------------------------------| Repeat

|--------------------|----|-------------------------------|      x1
|--------------------|----|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|----|-------------------3b----------|

Second time only -----------------------------------------|

1:13 - Precourus, "Sterling clear blackened ice..."

e|---------------------------------|-0--0--0--0--|
B|---------------------------------|-4--5--7--8\-|
G|---------------------------------|-------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------|
A|--------7-10----------10-8-7-----|-------------|
E|--0-5-8------------10--------7-8-|-------------|

1:42 - Chorus, "I've defected"

|-0-0-0--------|
|-4-4-5--0-0-0-|
|--------5-4-2-| Repeat
|--------------|      x14
|--------------|
|--------------|

Random low noises

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|------|
|------|
|------|
|--3b--|

Now play Verse, Prechorus, then Chorus. This time, play with this modified verse that's

the normal verse instead of playing the verse twice.

|--12----10-----------19~--|-------7--5--3-----|
|------------10-12---------|--5-------------5--|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|

3:22 - Outro to the quiet part.

|----------3--5--/7----10--12--14----14-14--10--10h12--|
|--/5---5----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

3:34

|--15h17h19p17p15-(x6)-14-15-14----12--14--14p12-------|
|-----------------------------------------------15p12--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

3:45

|-----------/10---12p10-------|
|--5--7p5--------------12p10--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

This tab is still being worked on, but this is the whole written part of the song. I'm

the improv'd part of the song, but it's long and confusing so I'll get it in as soon as I can.

For now, here's the last verse/chorus. It's slightly changed. Make it jazzy, and put character into it.

Verse

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------| Repeat

|-------------------------------------------5-|         x1
|--7-7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--5h77---|
|-7-----------------------------------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5-|   Repeat
|--7-7--7-7--7--5-7----7--7-7--7--5-7--5-77---|         x1
|-7-----------------------------------7-------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Chorus (repeat) Right before end:

|-0-0-5--------|---0-----0---0---0----|
|-4-4-5--0-0-0-|---5p4--/5---7---8\---|
|--------5-4-2-|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|

Effects (use long delay)

|--12(12)(12)(12)(12)--|

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